Figure 6-14

The Recognizer button and picker give users control

 

over recognition

6-16

 

 

 

 

Figure 6-15

Users may need to control recognition separately

 

in a slip

6-17

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 6-16

In an Alpha Sorter picker, users select a sort key

 

for ink text

 

6-19

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 6-17

Selecting words and shapes

6-23

 

 

Figure 6-18

Orientations of the scrubbing gesture

6-24

 

Figure 6-19

Scrubbing a little or a lot

6-25

 

 

Figure 6-20

Joining two words

6-26

 

 

 

Figure 6-21

Breaking a paragraph into two paragraphs

6-26

Figure 6-22

Inserting space in text

6-27

 

 

 

Figure 6-23

A caret marks the text insertion point

6-27

 

Figure 6-24

The Caret picker lists 14 hard-to-write characters and

 

three actions

6-28

 

 

 

 

Figure 6-25

How a Correction picker works

6-29

 

 

Figure 6-26

How a Corrector view works

6-30

 

 

Figure 6-27

The four built-in keyboards

6-32

 

 

Figure 6-28

A Keyboard picker lists alternate on-screen

 

 

keyboards

 

6-33

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 6-29

A keyboard can be embedded in a data-

 

 

 

input slip

 

6-34

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 7

Routing and Communications

7-1

 

 

Figure 7-1

The In/Out Box application displays either the In Box

 

 

or the Out Box

7-3

 

 

Table 7-1

Meanings of status words in the In/Out Box

 

 

 

headers

 

7-5

 

 

 

Figure 7-2

A Show button provides access to alternative

 

 

 

views

7-6

 

 

 

Figure 7-3

Viewing routing information in an Item Info slip

7-7

 

Figure 7-4

An Action picker lists the transports available

 

 

 

for sending

7-8

 

 

 

Figure 7-5

An Action button at the bottom of a view affects the

 

 

entire view

7-9

 

 

 

Figure 7-6

An Action button above an item affects only

 

 

 

that item

 

7-10

 

 

 

Figure 7-7

An Action picker can include two kinds

 

 

 

of actions

 

7-11

 

 

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2 specifications

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